Volvo Cars is making changes to its electric vehicle lineup, part of its strategy to transition to a fully electric car manufacturer by 2030. The company has announced a streamlined and standardised approach to naming its fully electric models. The fully-electric Volvo XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge will now be known as the EX40 and EC40 respectively. This aligns them with Volvo's other electric models: the EX30, EX90, and EM90. Note that the XC40 name will still be used for internal combustion

The BMW Group Malaysia’s plant in Kulim, Kedah is now the largest exporter of premium vehicles in the Southeast Asian ASEAN trade bloc, with over 6,000 Malaysia-assembled BMW and MINI models shipped out of Malaysia since 2018. The plant itself has been in operation since 2008. Last year, it reached a new milestone of producing its 100,000th vehicle. Export operations to serve Thailand and the Philippines began in 2018, the year BMW opened an adjascent engine assembly plant. Located within the Si

The new 2022 Mazda CX-30 has landed in Malaysia. As before, the Mazda CX-30 is imported (CBU) from Japan by official distributor Bermaz Motor. It gets the new Platinum Quartz Metallic colour as well. Compared to before, prices of the new 2022 Mazda CX-30 have gone up by RM 1,000 across the board. The 2022 Mazda CX-30 is priced from RM 145,759 for the base 2.0G Core variant, topping out at RM 168,673 for the top-spec 1.8D High variant. Speaking of which, Bermaz has dropped the 2.0G High AWD varia

Our WapCar Ratings this week sees the Volvo XC60 T8 Inscription Plus go through our handy-dandy instruments. Priced from RM 324,856, the locally-assembled (CKD Shah Alam) hulking SUV goes against rivals like the BMW X3 xDrive30i M Sport and Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 AMG Line in Malaysia. Usual disclaimer applies: all materials were taken before MCO, and scores are relative to cars in the XC60's segment and not the new-car market as a whole. Also, please bear in mind that the car seen here is not the

Come August 2020, Mazda Australia will include the much-vaunted SkyActiv-X M Hybrid to its line-up, but don’t expect it to be cheap. Compared to regular SkyActiv-G engines, the advanced SkyActiv-X system commands an AUD 3,000 premium. As such, the SkyActiv-X powertrain is limited to the range-topping “Astina” trims. The Mazda 3 X20 Astina will be priced from AUD 40,590 for the manual transmission, putting it into the Mazda 6's price point (AUD 38,785 to AUD 55,348). Then there's the Mazda CX-30

First introduced in late-1997, the Toyota Harrier (and its Lexus RX twin, which we will get into detail later) sibling can be credited as popularizing the luxury crossover segment. XU10 Harrier – The one that got the ball rolling Codenamed XU10, the first-generation model was sold in Japan as the Toyota Harrier, while export markets such as North America received the model as the Lexus RX. The first-generation model can be had with several petrol engines, including a 3.0-litre V6 unit, with driv